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Students are introduced to Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset and get the opportunity to write their own smart goals. People with Growth Mindset display the thoughts that you have room to grow and accept new ideas. People with Fixed Mindset are very stuck in their ways and are not open to new ideas or ways of doing things. The PowerPoint contains 21 colorful slides that introduce growth vs fixed mindset and also introduce SMART goals. The editable version of this resource is exactly how I made it

If you have multiple grade levels in your class, different ability levels, or teach special education students, this bundle is for you. These are designed for the classroom teacher, paraprofessional, or intervention specialist to use with students read between a 1st and 6th grade level. In this bundle you will find oral reading fluency progress monitoring tools for grades 1-6. Included: Each resource contains 10 stories at the grade level specifiedInformational page on how to assess fluencyTwo

SECOND GRADEOral Reading Fluency (ORF) if a great way to measure your students reading progress. In this resource you will find 10 different passages at the second grade reading level. Students will read for one minute while you follow along and mark any mistakes. This will give you their correct words per minute. Using this number you can find how they compare to their peers with the provided national norms table. Includes: 10 reading passages10 teacher grading sheets2 versions of a tracking gr

FIRST GRADEOral Reading Fluency (ORF) if a great way to measure your students reading progress. In this resource you will find 10 different passages at the first grade reading level. Students will read for one minute while you follow along and mark any mistakes. This will give you their correct words per minute. Using this number you can find how they compare to their peers with the provided national norms table. If you are interested in a free version please click below: FREE ORF Progress Monit

FIFTH GRADEOral Reading Fluency (ORF) if a great way to measure your students reading progress. In this resource you will find 10 different passages at the fifth grade reading level. Students will read for one minute while you follow along and mark any mistakes. This will give you their correct words per minute. Using this number you can find how they compare to their peers with the provided national norms table. If you are interested in a free version please click below: FREE ORF Progress Monit

All the letters you need to create a bulletin for your classroom to highlight your anchor charts! Just print and cut! Everything else your need is in this download! Please leave a review to earn TpT credits!

Teaching students about irony can be really fun! There are quite a few examples that students find hilarious. I usually give this lesson and for homework assign students to find their own example of irony that they share with the class the next day. Contents20 slide PowerPointPDF Irony Comprehension WorksheetEDITABLE Word-Document Comprehension WorksheetThe powerpoint slides provide student objectives, a graphic organizer, and several example slides. The worksheet asks students to fill out quest

Updated 10/25/2019 at 1:30pm Eastern TimeThe coordinate points have been triple checked by more than 2 other teachersAll errors have been correctedAlso has a slightly new lookIf you purchased/downloaded BEFORE the above date/time please re-download at no charge so you have the newest version. I sincerely apologize for any inconveniences the few mistakes may have caused in your classrooms. I am forever grateful for your purchase.Three different mystery pictures! Student use quadrant 1 to graph po

I have two Binders currently on TpT. I took those binders and made this one! This is an updated and renovated binder that contains everything in the previous two binders. I also made them editable. You will edit the documents in PowerPoint. I have added text boxes where you can enter student names, you name, any other relevant information, etc. You can also add your own text boxes! Included (Also listed & Explained in preview)Checklist for a new yearList of Important AcronymsExplanation of Acron

FOURTH GRADEOral Reading Fluency (ORF) if a great way to measure your students reading progress. In this resource you will find 10 different passages at the fourth grade reading level. Students will read for one minute while you follow along and mark any mistakes. This will give you their correct words per minute. Using this number you can find how they compare to their peers with the provided national norms table. Includes: 10 reading passages10 teacher grading sheets2 versions of a tracking gr

THIRD GRADEOral Reading Fluency (ORF) if a great way to measure your students reading progress. In this resource you will find 10 different passages at the third grade reading level. Students will read for one minute while you follow along and mark any mistakes. This will give you their correct words per minute. Using this number you can find how they compare to their peers with the provided national norms table. Includes: 10 reading passages10 teacher grading sheets2 versions of a tracking grap

Update 7/31/2023Mistakes FIXEDUpdated 11/14/2019Given a new look Added a new coordinate plan with new picture (Cute Turkey; view the preview)Please check out the preview to get a better idea of the descriptions that are below :) Four different mystery pictures with TWO different options! Options:FIRST: Student use quadrant 1 to graph positive coordinates! SECOND: Students use all 4 quadrants to graph positive and negative coordinates! Pilgrim Hat (Quadrant 1):-72 coordinates to plot -Coordina

Progress monitoring or data collection in any form can be time consuming. Hopefully this resource makes it a little easier. Here, you will find ten second grade level passages, fluency tracking forms for a teacher or other assessor, and comprehension questions. Included:How-To pagesHow to assess fluencyHow to assess comprehension10 Passages in non-distracting plain fonts that you provide students to read from20 fluency tracking forms (2 per passage):10 assessor tracking/grading forms contain a s

10/9/2023 Updated:Correction: Missing 5th grade passageAdded lower case, upper case, and mixed case levelsAdded fluency trackerAdded "How to" with vocab termsThis resource contains passages for fluency monitoring. One passage for each grade/level below:Upper case letter sounds Lower case letter sounds Mixed case letter sounds Phoneme relationships 1st grade 2nd grade 3rd grade 4th grade 5th grade 6th grade Fluency tracker Enjoy!

Update 10/28/2019NEW LOOK! The original is still available in the ZIP file you will download after purchase :) Spelling errors fixed!HUGE NOVEL STUDY! OVER 120 PAGES!The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe is an awesome book that I use in my middle school special education classes. This Novel Study I designed for my middle schoolers but since this story is diverse, it can be molded into any grade level. This is a novel study that can be used supplemental to the novel. Students can complete the ass

TWO free lesson plans and doodle sheets to be used as a supplement for your teaching on backbones! I hope you enjoy. Please rate your thoughts! These lessons can be seen in my year long science pacing guide that you can find here: Year Long Science Pacing Guide

Updated 11/14/2019Given a new lookAdded a new coordinate plan with new picture (Cute Turkey; view the preview)This file only only has 4-quadrant coordinate practice. If you would like a combination of single and 4 quadrant practice, see links at the bottom of this post :) Contents: Pilgrim Hat (Quadrant 1-4):-71 coordinates to plot -Coordinates list with directions -Blank coordinate page -Answer sheet Apple Pie (Quadrant 1-4): -121 coordinates to plot -Coordinates list with directions -Blank co

38 Worksheets to help students learn and practice fractions! Contents: -Identifying Fractions x2 -Writing Fractions x2 -Fraction Vocabulary -Identifying Equivalent Fractions -Simplifying Fractions x2 -Comparing Fractions -Converting Improper Fractions to Mixed Numbers -Converting Mixed Numbers to Improper Fractions -Adding Fractions with Like Denominators x3 -Subtracting Fractions with Like Denominators x2 -Adding Mixed Numbers with Like Denominators -Subtracting Mixed Numbers with Like Denomin

Progress monitoring or data collection in any form can be time consuming. Hopefully this resource makes it a little easier. Here, you will find ten first grade level passages, fluency tracking forms for a teacher or other assessor, and comprehension questions. Included:How-To pagesHow to assess fluencyHow to assess comprehension10 Passages in non-distracting plain fonts that you provide students to read from20 fluency tracking forms (2 per passage):10 assessor tracking/grading forms contain a sp

UPDATE 1/12/2020 I have updated the look and changed many of the fonts to make them easier to read.AWESOME NOVEL STUDYHoles is a really fun book that students enjoy reading. This Novel Study has everything you need to have students practice vocabulary, spelling, and reading comprehension. The book is a decent size but the chapters are very short. contents→Get to Know the Author →Making Predictions →Character Notes (2 pages) →KWL Chart →Spelling Teacher Guide (9 pages) →Vocabulary Teacher Guide